Trump’s State of the Union address was as usual full of exaggerations, distortions, boasting and outright lies.
Here are few examples:
THE FACTS: Not the highest in history. Trump's TV viewership as measured by Nielsen (45.6 million, as he said) trailed that for first State of the Union speeches by Barack Obama (48 million), George W. Bush (51.7 million) and Bill Clinton (46.8 million).
TRUMP: "We've signed into law the biggest tax cuts and reforms in American history." — remarks Thursday to Republican lawmakers' retreat.
THE FACTS: No. The December tax overhaul ranks behind Ronald Reagan's in the early 1980s, post-World War II tax cuts and at least several more. He made the same claim Tuesday night and countless times before that.
An analysis by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget in the fall put Trump's package as the eighth biggest since 1918.
TRUMP: "We are now very proudly an exporter of energy to the world."
THE FACTS: There's nothing new in that. The U.S. has long exported all sorts of energy, while importing even more. If Trump meant that the U.S. has become a net exporter of energy, he's rushing things along. The U.S. Energy Information Administration projects that the U.S. will become a net energy exporter in the next decade, primarily because of a boom in oil and gas production that began before Trump's presidency.
TRUMP: "Many car companies are now building and expanding plants in the United States, something we haven't seen for decades."
THE FACTS: He's wrong about recent decades. The auto industry has regularly been opening and expanding factories since before Trump became president. Toyota opened its Mississippi factory in 2011. Hyundai's plant in Alabama dates to 2005. In 2010, Tesla fully acquired and updated an old factory to produce its electric vehicles.
Trump twice boasted that the U.S. image abroad has improved under his leadership.
“As we rebuild America’s strength and confidence at home, we are also restoring our strength and standing abroad,” Trump said. He later said the U.S. has strengthened its “friendships all around the world.”
THE FACTS: the U.S. image abroad has suffered under Trump, particularly among its allies.
Gallup Poll
released a poll on Jan. 18 that found “the image of U.S. leadership is weaker worldwide than it was under his two predecessors.” The median approval of U.S. leadership fell to a “new low” of 30 percent, down from 48 percent in 2016, across 134 countries and areas, according to Gallup.
Last spring, a Pew Research Center
survey of 37 countries reported “a global median of 49% hold a favorable view of the U.S,” down 15 percentage points from the end of the Obama presidency.
Among U.S. neighbors, Pew’s polling found 30 percent of Mexicans viewed the U.S. favorably, down by a full 36 percentage points under Trump, and only 43 percent of Canadians viewed the U.S. favorably, down 22 percentage points. Among NATO allies, the U.S. favorability rating dropped 22 points among Germans, 17 points among the French, 28 points among the Dutch, and 11 points among the British.
The only big improvement was in Russia, where 41 percent of Russians view the U.S. favorably, an increase of 26 points under Trump, according to Pew.
Sources:
AP FACT CHECK and Fact Check ORG
You leftists are laughable, the entire Trump Collusion conspiracies have fallen apart
I don’t know what you’re smoking, but it’s quite clear that the investigation is not winding down.
So far, Mueller has indicted former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, Richard Gates, George Papadopoulos a Trump campaign staffer and his former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Michael Flynn and George Papadopoulos have both pleaded guilty to charges and are cooperating with Mueller’s investigation.
There are reports that Mark Carollo, a former spokesperson for Trump’s legal team has agreed to be interviewed by Mueller. Carollo has information on Trump’s role in drafting his son’s false statement about a Trump Tower meeting between Trump campaign and a Russian agent.
Last November, Mueller hired prosecutor Ryan Dickey, a senior lawyer in the Justice Department’s computer crime with significant cybercrime expertise to his team.
And most importantly, Mueller has asked Trump for an interview, now that’s going to be very interesting. In my opinion, lying Trump is no match to an experienced investigator like Mueller.
These developments clearly contradict your views, and these are just a few examples.
so now you resort to attacking Trumps weight, health, diet, size, skin color, and hair color.
I was just debunking “Trump is in excellent health” nonsense of his doctor.
Then you leftists attack Russia (in the most dispicle ways) white men, and Christianity.
It’s not only the leftists, but majority of Americans have negative views of Putin’s Russia.
Enjoy:
Putin's Already Negative U.S. Image Worsens
Putin’s image in U.S 74% unfavourable – 13% favourable.
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Senate approves sanctions bill to punish Russia for meddling
The Republican-led Senate voted decisively to punish Moscow for interfering in the 2016 election by approving a wide-ranging sanctions package that targets key sectors of Russia’s economy and individuals who carried out cyber attacks.
Senators on Wednesday passed the bipartisan sanctions legislation
97-2, underscoring broad support among Republicans and Democrats for rebuking Russia after U.S. intelligence agencies determined Moscow had deliberately interfered in the presidential campaign.
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House Decisively Passes Sanctions Bill Curbing Trump's Power
Eager to punish Russia for meddling in the 2016 election, the House on Tuesday overwhelmingly backed a new package of sanctions against Moscow that prohibits President Donald Trump from waiving the penalties without first getting permission from Congress.
Lawmakers passed the legislation,
419-3.
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“White men, and Christianity”? Stop, with your BS Russian propaganda.
